A New Nation: Articles of Confederation

What was the first governing document of the United States?

• Bill of Rights

• Federalist Papers

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

Who was in charge of the government under the Articles of Confederation?

• The President

• Ms. Randolph

• The Continental Congress

• The Judicial Branch

What was one weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• there was too much taxing

• the president was Thomas Jefferson

• there was no national currency or money

What is the name of the group that wrote the Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?

• Supreme Court

• Continental Congress

• Military

• Republicans

Which groups' difficulties caused Shays’s Rebellion? Select the two correct answers.

• bankers

• merchants

• militia men

• farmers

• veterans

What rules were established by the Northwest Ordinance under the Articles of Confederation? Select two.

• how new states would be become a state

• which religions would be allowed

• where railroads would be built

• where slavery would be permitted

• who would govern the new territory

A law or regulation.

• Republic
• Abandoned
• Bicameral
• Ordinance

What is a document that contains the rules for how a
government will work.

• Bi-laws
• Rule Book
• A constitution
• Editorial Remarks

Under the Articles of Confederation each state had _________ vote.

• One
• Depended on the population
• Two
• Fifteen

One of the Confederation’s accomplishments was an arrangement for new states in the __________.

• West
• East
• South
• Southwest